Gutiérrez RSF, López GE, Castañeda MT

Language: Spanish
References: 16
Page: 58-63
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Accidents are a cause of high mortality in children in our country, however, in the neonatal period (first 28 days of life), there is a gap of information, because usually does not describe the incidence and characteristics of accidents in this population, however it is still important to study and a description of these, in order to make recommendations to the family to avoid them. Objectives: To determine the incidence of children injured and know the risk factors for injuries in children and raise awareness of basic principles for the control of accidents, mainly in the neonatal period. Patients and methods: We performed a retrospective, observational descriptive of all injured children in the period January 2008 to April 2012. Also surveyed pediatricians and neonatologists, about the presence of accidents in neonatal period in their professional practices. Results: 63,450 consultations were attended in the Emergency Pediatrics of which 16,732 (26.4%) were due to accidents. The age where the accidents predominate from 1 to 4 years in 10,708 (64%), the predominant male sex 2:1, the most common causative agent is the fall: were reported 10,206 (61%). Regarding accidents in the first month of life, 57 accidents were reported (0.3%). In relation to surveys, 100 were applied. 88% of respondents said they gave instructions to the parents of the NB, about accident prevention, although this information was limited to one or two aspects of probable accidents. The information included: how to feed (59%), how to laid down to sleep (50%); precautions in car (36%); precautions about falls (28%); precautions when bathing (19%) and how to load (8%). 12% of doctors did not give any information. We found that 62% of the doctors who provided information, they did verbally, 10% in writing (brochures). Conclusions: Although accidents in the neonatal age have a very low incidence (3 children injured in 1,000) is very important to give recommendations to avoid and the best time for this is to register them for motherhood.

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